finance-based-pricing-advisor
Evaluate pricing changes using ARPU, conversion, churn risk, NRR, and payback. Use when deciding whether a pricing move should ship.
npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill finance-based-pricing-advisor --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
What it does
Evaluates the financial impact of a proposed pricing change using ARPU/ARPA analysis, conversion impact, churn risk, NRR effects, and CAC payback implications. It guides the user through identifying the pricing change type, gathering current and proposed pricing details, assessing revenue, conversion, churn, and expansion impacts, and delivering 3-4 recommendations with a structured numeric model. It adapts questions based on the chosen pricing change type (price increase, new premium tier, paid add-on, usage-based pricing, discount strategy, or packaging change) and emphasizes go/no-go decisions with supporting math and risk assessment.
How it works
The skill operates as an interactive framework with up to 4 adaptive questions and 3-5 decision options at each point. It begins by gathering context and proposed pricing details, then identifies the pricing change type and asks specific sub-questions accordingly (e.g., price increase details, premium tier features and adoption expectations, add-on pricing and adoption, usage pricing metrics, or packaging changes). It then collects current metrics (ARPU, churn, conversion, MRR/ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV) and growth/competitive context. Finally, it synthesizes a revenue impact, conversion impact, churn risk, expansion impact, and CAC payback impact, delivering 3-4 concrete recommendations with quantified assumptions and implementation steps.
When to use it
Use when evaluating a specific pricing change for monetary viability and strategic fit, to quantify revenue, churn, and conversion trade-offs, and to decide between pricing options or whether to ship the change.
What it can touch
The skill references metrics and inputs such as ARPU/ARPA, conversion rate, churn rate, NRR, CAC, MRR/ARR, number of customers, and growth rates. It also considers current pricing, proposed pricing, and affected customer segments. It adapts to the pricing change type and asks for related numeric inputs, but it does not autonomously fetch data.
Caveats
The skill provides a structured assessment and recommendations but relies on user-supplied numbers and assumptions; it does not guarantee outcomes. It is designed for evaluating a specific pricing change, not for designing a full pricing strategy. No licensing or external risk statements beyond the provided model are stated.
## Purpose Evaluate the **financial impact** of pricing changes (price increases, new tiers, add-ons, discounts) using ARPU/ARPA analysis, conversion impact, churn risk, NRR effects, and CAC payback implications. Use this to make data-driven go/no-go decisions on proposed pricing changes with supporting math and risk assessment. **What this is:** Financial impact evaluation for pricing decisions you're already considering. **What this is NOT:** Comprehensive pricing strategy design, value-based pricing frameworks, willingness-to-pay research, competitive positioning, psychological pricing, packaging architecture, or monetization model selection. For those topics, see the future `pricing-strategy-suite` skills. This skill assumes you have a specific pricing change in mind and need to evaluate its financial viability. ## Input **Works best with:** The pricing change on the table — increase, new tier, add-on, or discount — and current pricing. **Also useful:** Current ARPU/ARPA, conversion and churn baselines, NRR, and who's pushing for the change. Anything supplied with the invocation itself — text after the skill name, a pasted context dump, or an appended `ARGUMENTS:` line — counts
- Purpose
- Input
- Key Concepts
- The Pricing Impact Framework
- Pricing Change Types
- Anti-Patterns (What This Is NOT)
- When to Use This Framework
- Facilitation Source of Truth
- Application
- Step 0: Gather Context
- Step 1: Identify Pricing Change Type
- Step 2: Assess Expected Impact
- Step 3: Evaluate Current State
- Step 4: Deliver Recommendations
What does the finance-based-pricing-advisor skill do?
Evaluate pricing changes using ARPU, conversion, churn risk, NRR, and payback. Use when deciding whether a pricing move should ship.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills --skill finance-based-pricing-advisor --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From deanpeters/Product-Manager-Skills, a repository with 6,255 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.